Yearning to Hold the Bright Pearl in My Arms (GB)

[Gender-bender, multiple male contenders in a rivalry-filled love triangle]

In late spring, news arrived from the palace that the emperor was gravely ill. The crown prince was young, and the court was in turmoil. Princess Chang Gu Mingzhu faced off against Guan Congxing, the prince from a family that did not bear the imperial surname.

Everyone thought Gu Mingzhu wanted to put the crown prince on the throne, while the prince from the other family wanted to overthrow the dynasty. Little did they know that Gu Mingzhu had her eye on the throne herself.

After accidentally taking an aphrodisiac, Gu Mingzhu and Guan Congxing were forced together. Gu Mingzhu humiliated her former lover thoroughly, expecting Guan Congxing to fly into a rage with hatred and take brutal revenge.

But when they ran into each other again, the fierce and forbidding prince was on his knees before her, holding out grapes for her to eat.

Offering herself up...

Gu Mingzhu, who already had a cool, understanding beauty, a passionate little sun, and the white moonlight she had loved in the past, glanced at Guan Congxing.

"Your Highness, what makes you think you can win my favor?"

Reading Guide:

There are more male love interests than those mentioned above. They are all sexually and emotionally inexperienced, and their only goal is to win the female lead's love.

Upcoming book: The Male Substitute's Rise to the Top (Gender-Bender)

I have a terrible secret.

Five hundred years ago, a demoness appeared out of nowhere, leaving ruin and suffering in her wake.

Because I looked like her deceased husband, my master gave me a mission: make the demoness fall in love with me, then kill her on our wedding night.

I didn't tell my master that I had truly fallen for the demoness, so I decided to switch sides.

But the plan still succeeded. Before the demoness died, she slashed my face.

She said I was unworthy of sharing the same face as that man.

Only later did I learn that the demoness could never die. She had been lying to me.

Theme: Rely on yourself, grow stronger and thrive